What is the World Expo?

The World Expo (Expo for short) is an international Expo activity with great influence and a long history organized by the host country government or entrusted by the government. It has a history of more than one hundred years. At first, it mainly displayed fine arts and traditional handicrafts. Later, it gradually became an exhibition of science and technology and industrial technology, and became a rare place to train industrial talents and enlighten ordinary citizens.

The venue of the World Expo is not only to display technology and commodities, but also to be accompanied by colorful performances and charming and spectacular scenery. It is set as a space full of festive atmosphere that cannot be experienced in daily life, and it has become an ideal place for ordinary citizens to entertain and consume.

The history and origin of the World Expo

In ancient farming society, people often carried out trading activities in festivals, religious ceremonies and celebrations to celebrate the harvest, and later gradually developed into large-scale trade and exhibition gatherings with fixed places for the purpose of exchanging goods. This is the earliest form of the World Expo. In the 5th century A.D., Persia held its first exhibition beyond the market function. /kloc-in the 0/8th century, with the continuous emergence of new technologies and products, people gradually thought of holding an exhibition similar to a market, but only showing it without selling it, with the aim of publicizing and displaying new products and achievements. 179 1 year, the Czech Republic held such an exhibition in Prague for the first time. With the progress of science and technology and the development of social productive forces, the scale of the exhibition has gradually expanded, and the geographical scope of the exhibition has expanded from one place to the whole country, from home to abroad, until it has developed into a world exposition with the participation of many countries.

After World War II, people all over the world rebuilt their homes on the ruined ruins, and on the basis of resuming production and economic recovery, the first post-war World Expo was held in Brussels, Belgium on 1958, with the theme of "Science, Civilization and Humanity". In order to embody the theme of science, a spherical pavilion with primitive energy structure was built in the Brussels World Expo, which represents the symbol of human beings entering the new century of scientific and technological progress. Its unique and novel shape is still vivid, although nearly half a century has passed. The splendor and richness of the Expo almost eclipsed previous dock fairs.

1962, Seattle, USA held a small-scale professional exposition on "Humans in the Space Age". The Expo exhibited new advanced technologies, vending machines and monorail, which was a great success.

1964, in order to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of new york, new york hosted the World Expo again, although the theme was elegant, "Towards peace through understanding". However, the strong commercial atmosphere of the Expo stopped the audience and lost the significance of commemorative activities. The World Expo was first held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. The Japanese call it the World Expo, which embodies "the progress and harmony of mankind" and shows the audience Japan's development and achievements in various aspects after the Tokyo Olympic Games. Thanks to this Expo, Japan will maintain a strong momentum in its economic development in the next 10 year.

1985, the World Expo was held again in Tsukuba, a new scientific and cultural city more than 50 kilometers away from Tokyo. The theme of the Expo is "life and environment, human home technology". A year later, Canada held an Expo with the theme of "transportation" to commemorate the 0/00th anniversary of Vancouver/KLOC.

1988 is the 200th anniversary of British settlement in Australia. In order to remember this day, Australia hosted the World Expo in Brisbane, the eastern gold coast city. The theme of this Expo is "Leisure Life in the Age of Science and Technology". It shows that in today's era of extremely developed science and technology, human beings are not listening and entertaining. All countries have made a big fuss about this theme, reflecting the richness of human life with sports, entertainment, tourism, leisure, cooking, gardening and so on.

1990, Osaka, Japan held the International Flower and Green Expo with the theme of "Man and Nature". The theme of the exhibition is world horticulture, as a commemorative activity to celebrate Osaka's "New Beginnings"100th anniversary. There are 82 countries participating in this exhibition, and 55 international organizations and Japanese provinces, cities and large enterprises have set up exhibition halls or booths respectively. It has achieved hundreds of large-scale world horticultural expositions in Asia and achieved great success.

1992 is the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. To this end, the Spanish government held the World Expo in Seville, and named the theme of the Expo "The Age of Discovery". The World Expo covers an area of 4.78 million square meters, with more than 65,438+000 countries participating. The audience reached more than 60 million people. The latest World Expo is Daejeon World Expo 1993, which is the first World Expo held by a developing country in the world. The theme is "a new way to take off".

Preparing for the World Expo is a huge systematic project. As a major action of a national government, it not only becomes an international activity to commemorate a major historical event, but also displays and disseminates great achievements in economy, culture and science and technology. So the preparation time usually takes 5 to 6 years. The planned World Expositions before the end of this century are: Lisbon World Expo 1998. 1998 is the International Year of the Ocean approved by the United Nations, and the theme of the Expo is "Ocean-Wealth of the Future". The World Expo covers an area of 55 hectares, with 120 countries and regions participating. It is expected to receive 20 million visitors, which is a professional exposition.

1999 China applied for Kunming AI Professional World Horticultural Exposition. On May 1, China 1999 World Horticultural Exposition was grandly opened in Kunming, Yunnan. This is the first global horticultural activity held in China, and its theme is "Man and Nature, Towards 2 1 century". The World Expo shows the horticultural traditions and varieties of various countries and attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world every day. It lasted 184 days and ended at 1, 999, 1, 3 1.

In 2000, the first international exposition of 2 1 century was held in Hanover, Germany, making Hanover famous in the world.

The opening ceremony of the 2005 Japan International Expo ("Aichi Expo") was held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the afternoon of March 24th, 2005.

The Japanese Emperor and his wife, the Crown Prince, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and nearly 2,500 representatives from various countries attended the opening ceremony that afternoon.

"Aichi Expo" will be a large-scale Expo activity that will last for half a year from the 25th of this month. The theme of this World Expo is "Natural Wisdom". * * * A total of 12 1 countries and 4 international organizations participated in the Expo, and China was one of the participating countries. China Pavilion of Aichi World Expo is decorated with China Zodiac, Kowloon Wall and other landscapes with strong China characteristics, and its theme is "Nature, City, Harmony-Art of Life".

(b) International Exhibitions Bureau and World Exposition

The purpose of hosting the World Expo is often to celebrate important historical events or important commemorative activities in a region or a country. In order to show the achievements made by mankind in one or more fields, such as politics, economy, culture, science and technology, and to show the future prospects of human social and economic development, the duration of various world expositions, the scale of exhibitions, the number of visitors and the number of participating countries are incomparable to any exhibition.

Hosting the World Expo not only brings huge economic benefits to some countries, development opportunities to the host countries, expands international exchanges and cooperation, and promotes economic development, but also creates good social benefits, publicizes and expands the popularity and reputation of the host countries, thus promoting social prosperity and progress. Therefore, many developed countries use the Expo to enhance their national image. For example, France held similar large-scale world expositions for four consecutive times at 1876, 1878, 1889 and 1900 respectively. The United States in 1876, 1893, 1904,19, 1933, 1939,/kloc-0. After World War II, Japan hosted the World Expo three times in succession in 1970, 1985 and 1990 respectively, and recently successfully bid for the fourth World Expo in 2005. Due to their great influence, some developed countries are vying to host the World Expo. However, due to the frequent hosting of the World Expo, some host countries are poorly organized and various contradictions are repeated, which brings financial difficulties to the participating governments. In order to control the frequency of exhibitions and ensure the level of exhibitions, BIE was initiated by France in 1928. Up to now, BIE has 87 member countries, and China officially became a member of BIE on 1993+02, with its headquarters in Paris.

After BIE was established, a meeting was held on1October 22nd, attended by representatives from 3 1 countries. At the meeting, some governments thought it necessary to establish a set of organizational rules and regulations to control the chaos of the Expo and provide necessary safeguard measures for exhibitors. The Congress signed the world's first constructive "convention" on the coordination and management of the World Expo, namely "Paris Convention on International Expositions 1928". The Convention stipulates the holding cycle of the World Expo and the rights and obligations of the exhibitors and organizers, and clearly stipulates that only one World Expo will be held every 3-5 years, and the exhibition time of comprehensive World Expo will not exceed 6 months. During this period, professional World Expo can be arranged appropriately, and the professional World Expo time will not exceed 3 months. The executive body of the Convention is the Bureau of International Exhibitions (BIE). Since then, the Bureau of International Exhibitions has revised the relevant provisions of the Convention and signed two agreements, namely 1948 and 1966. 1972165438+1October 30th, the Bureau of International Exhibitions signed the new Protocol, which has been used as a regulation to guide the organization of the World Expo ever since. The Convention has been constantly revised and improved, especially for the participation of underdeveloped countries in the world. The host country has the obligation to give free or preferential treatment to the participation fees and give some financial assistance to some underdeveloped countries. For example, in addition to providing free venues, it also subsidizes the design, construction, layout and exhibition expenses of booths, so that some countries with economic difficulties or underdeveloped countries can also participate in the World Expo family.

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The World Exhibition or Expo (Expo for short) is an international exposition activity with great influence and a long history organized by the host government or entrusted by the government. It has a history of more than one hundred years. At first, it mainly displayed fine arts and traditional handicrafts. Later, it gradually became an exhibition of science and technology and industrial technology, and became a rare place to train industrial talents and enlighten ordinary citizens.

The venue of the World Expo is not only to display technology and commodities, but also to be accompanied by colorful performances and charming and spectacular scenery. It is set as a space full of festive atmosphere that cannot be experienced in daily life, and it has become an ideal place for ordinary citizens to entertain and consume.

The history and origin of the World Expo

In ancient farming society, people often carried out trading activities in festivals, religious ceremonies and celebrations to celebrate the harvest, and later gradually developed into large-scale trade and exhibition gatherings with fixed places for the purpose of exchanging goods. This is the earliest form of the World Expo. In the 5th century A.D., Persia held its first exhibition beyond the market function. /kloc-in the 0/8th century, with the continuous emergence of new technologies and products, people gradually thought of holding an exhibition similar to a market, but only showing it without selling it, with the aim of publicizing and displaying new products and achievements. 179 1 year, the Czech Republic held such an exhibition in Prague for the first time. With the progress of science and technology and the development of social productive forces, the scale of the exhibition has gradually expanded, and the geographical scope of the exhibition has expanded from one place to the whole country, from home to abroad, until it has developed into a world exposition with the participation of many countries.

After World War II, people all over the world rebuilt their homes on the ruined ruins, and on the basis of resuming production and economic recovery, the first post-war World Expo was held in Brussels, Belgium on 1958, with the theme of "Science, Civilization and Humanity". In order to embody the theme of science, a spherical pavilion with primitive energy structure was built in the Brussels World Expo, which represents the symbol of human beings entering the new century of scientific and technological progress. Its unique and novel shape is still vivid, although nearly half a century has passed. The splendor and richness of the Expo almost eclipsed previous dock fairs.

1962, Seattle, USA held a small-scale professional exposition on "Humans in the Space Age". The Expo exhibited new advanced technologies, vending machines and monorail, which was a great success.

1964, in order to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of new york, new york hosted the World Expo again, although the theme was elegant, "Towards peace through understanding". However, the strong commercial atmosphere of the Expo stopped the audience and lost the significance of commemorative activities. The World Expo was first held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. The Japanese call it the World Expo, which embodies "the progress and harmony of mankind" and shows the audience Japan's development and achievements in various aspects after the Tokyo Olympic Games. Thanks to this Expo, Japan will maintain a strong momentum in its economic development in the next 10 year.

1985, the World Expo was held again in Tsukuba, a new scientific and cultural city more than 50 kilometers away from Tokyo. The theme of the Expo is "life and environment, human home technology". A year later, Canada held an Expo with the theme of "transportation" to commemorate the 0/00th anniversary of Vancouver/KLOC.

1988 is the 200th anniversary of British settlement in Australia. In order to remember this day, Australia hosted the World Expo in Brisbane, the eastern gold coast city. The theme of this Expo is "Leisure Life in the Age of Science and Technology". It shows that in today's era of extremely developed science and technology, human beings are not listening and entertaining. All countries have made a big fuss about this theme, reflecting the richness of human life with sports, entertainment, tourism, leisure, cooking, gardening and so on.

1990, Osaka, Japan held the International Flower and Green Expo with the theme of "Man and Nature". The theme of the exhibition is world horticulture, as a commemorative activity to celebrate Osaka's "New Beginnings"100th anniversary. There are 82 countries participating in this exhibition, and 55 international organizations and Japanese provinces, cities and large enterprises have set up exhibition halls or booths respectively. It has achieved hundreds of large-scale world horticultural expositions in Asia and achieved great success.

1992 is the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. To this end, the Spanish government held the World Expo in Seville, and named the theme of the Expo "The Age of Discovery". The World Expo covers an area of 4.78 million square meters, with more than 65,438+000 countries participating. The audience reached more than 60 million people. The latest World Expo is Daejeon World Expo 1993, which is the first World Expo held by a developing country in the world. The theme is "a new way to take off".

Preparing for the World Expo is a huge systematic project. As a major action of a national government, it not only becomes an international activity to commemorate a major historical event, but also displays and disseminates great achievements in economy, culture and science and technology. So the preparation time usually takes 5 to 6 years. The planned World Expositions before the end of this century are: Lisbon World Expo 1998. 1998 is the International Year of the Ocean approved by the United Nations, and the theme of the Expo is "Ocean-Wealth of the Future". The World Expo covers an area of 55 hectares, with 120 countries and regions participating. It is expected to receive 20 million visitors, which is a professional exposition.

1999 China applied for Kunming AI Professional World Horticultural Exposition. On May 1, China 1999 World Horticultural Exposition was grandly opened in Kunming, Yunnan. This is the first global horticultural activity held in China, and its theme is "Man and Nature, Towards 2 1 century". The World Expo shows the horticultural traditions and varieties of various countries and attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world every day. It lasted 184 days and ended at 1, 999, 1, 3 1.

In 2000, the first international exposition of 2 1 century was held in Hanover, Germany, making Hanover famous in the world.

The opening ceremony of the 2005 Japan International Expo ("Aichi Expo") was held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the afternoon of March 24th, 2005.

The Japanese Emperor and his wife, the Crown Prince, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and nearly 2,500 representatives from various countries attended the opening ceremony that afternoon.

"Aichi Expo" will be a large-scale Expo activity that will last for half a year from the 25th of this month. The theme of this World Expo is "Natural Wisdom". * * * A total of 12 1 countries and 4 international organizations participated in the Expo, and China was one of the participating countries. China Pavilion of Aichi World Expo is decorated with China Zodiac, Kowloon Wall and other landscapes with strong China characteristics, and its theme is "Nature, City, Harmony-Art of Life".

(b) International Exhibitions Bureau and World Exposition

The purpose of hosting the World Expo is often to celebrate important historical events or important commemorative activities in a region or a country. In order to show the achievements made by mankind in one or more fields, such as politics, economy, culture, science and technology, and to show the future prospects of human social and economic development, the duration of various world expositions, the scale of exhibitions, the number of visitors and the number of participating countries are incomparable to any exhibition.

Hosting the World Expo not only brings huge economic benefits to some countries, development opportunities to the host countries, expands international exchanges and cooperation, and promotes economic development, but also creates good social benefits, publicizes and expands the popularity and reputation of the host countries, thus promoting social prosperity and progress. Therefore, many developed countries use the Expo to enhance their national image. For example, France held similar large-scale world expositions for four consecutive times at 1876, 1878, 1889 and 1900 respectively. The United States in 1876, 1893, 1904,19, 1933, 1939,/kloc-0. After World War II, Japan hosted the World Expo three times in succession in 1970, 1985 and 1990 respectively, and recently successfully bid for the fourth World Expo in 2005. Due to their great influence, some developed countries are vying to host the World Expo. However, due to the frequent hosting of the World Expo, some host countries are poorly organized and various contradictions are repeated, which brings financial difficulties to the participating governments. BIE was initiated by France in 1928 in order to control the frequency and ensure the level of the Expo. Up to now, BIE has 87 member countries, and China officially became a member of BIE on 1993+02, with its headquarters in Paris.

After BIE was established, a meeting was held on1October 22nd, attended by representatives from 3 1 countries. At the meeting, some governments thought it necessary to establish a set of organizational rules and regulations to control the chaos of the Expo and provide necessary safeguard measures for exhibitors. The Congress signed the world's first constructive "convention" on the coordination and management of the World Expo, namely "Paris Convention on International Expositions 1928". The Convention stipulates the holding cycle of the World Expo and the rights and obligations of the exhibitors and organizers, and clearly stipulates that only one World Expo will be held every 3-5 years, and the exhibition time of comprehensive World Expo will not exceed 6 months. During this period, professional World Expo can be arranged appropriately, and the professional World Expo time will not exceed 3 months. The executive body of the Convention is the Bureau of International Exhibitions (BIE). Since then, the Bureau of International Exhibitions has revised the relevant provisions of the Convention and signed two agreements, namely 1948 and 1966. 1972165438+1October 30th, the Bureau of International Exhibitions signed the new Protocol, which has been used as a regulation to guide the organization of the World Expo ever since. The Convention has been constantly revised and improved, especially for the participation of underdeveloped countries in the world. The host country has the obligation to give free or preferential treatment to the participation fees and give some financial assistance to some underdeveloped countries. For example, in addition to providing free venues, it also subsidizes the design, construction, layout and exhibition expenses of booths, so that some countries with economic difficulties or underdeveloped countries can also participate in the World Expo family.

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